4 Easy Ways to Download Your Teams Meeting Recordings

Recording Teams meetings is pretty necessary, whether for reference, documentation, training, or other reasons. However, you may notice that Microsoft has shifted how and where Teams stores video recordings. You fail to find that all-important download button after leaving a Teams meeting. How to download a Teams meeting recording?

This guide will tell you where your recordings live, who has the rights to save them, and how to download meeting recordings from Teams as MP4.

• Part 1. Can I Download a Meeting Recording from Teams
• Part 2. Learn 4 Ways to Download a Teams Meeting Recording
• Part 3. FAQs on How to Download Teams Meeting Recording

Part 1. Can I Download a Meeting Recording from Teams

The short answer is: Yes. The ability to download a Teams recording depends heavily on your role in the meeting and the meeting type. Microsoft Teams has replaced the classic Microsoft Stream with OneDrive and SharePoint for recording storage. Correspondingly, downloading a Teams recording is now tied to file-sharing permissions.

Who Can Download a Teams Meeting Recording

By default, only the meeting organizers and co-organizers can download Teams recordings. The meeting organizers often have full rights to view, edit, download, and share the recording. Moreover, co-organizers have the same editing and downloading permissions as the primary organizer.

You may wonder if you can download a recording if you are only a guest.

Generally, you don’t get any access to the recording if you joined from outside the organization. If you want to download a recording, you must ask the organizer for a shareable link.

Where Are Microsoft Teams Recordings Stored

To download a Teams recording file, you need to know where it is saved. The storage location depends on where the meeting was hosted.

If the meeting was a common calendar invite or a group chat, the Teams recording will be stored in the organizer’s personal OneDrive (Recordings folder).

If the meeting was hosted inside a specific Teams Channel, the recorded meeting will be saved to the SharePoint site. You can locate it from a Recordings folder inside the channel’s Files tab.

Part 2. Learn 4 Ways to Download a Teams Meeting Recording

This section shares four ways to download a Teams meeting recording. You can select a suitable method based on your access level.

1. Download a Meeting Recording from the Teams Chat History

Open Microsoft Teams and click the Chat tab on the left-hand sidebar.

Browse your list and choose the specific chat related to the meeting. When you locate the meeting recap tile, hover over the recording file, click the three dots (More options) next to it, and then choose Download. Your meeting recording will be saved as an MP4 file.

2. Access and Download a Teams Recording via OneDrive/SharePoint

As mentioned, you can also go to OneDrive or SharePoint to search for the recording. As the organizer, you can log in to your Microsoft 365 account on a browser and open the OneDrive app.

Look for the Recordings folder and open it. When you find the specific meeting file you want to save, click the three-dot icon and select Download.

3. Save a Meeting Recording from the Teams Channel “Files” Tab

If your meeting was held in a dedicated Team Channel, you need to look for the recorded video from the shared files space for that specific team.

Open Microsoft Teams and click the Teams icon on the left.

Go to the specific Team and then choose the Channel where the meeting was hosted.

You will see a Files tab at the top of the channel. Click it to display the Recordings folder. You can find and download your meeting recording inside the folder.

4. Bypass Teams Download Restrictions with Aiseesoft Screen Recorder

What if you are just a guest/participant and the organizer didn’t give you download rights? If they only give you view access, you can use a high-quality local capture tool like Aiseesoft Screen Recorder to save the Teams recording.

The software can capture the Teams meeting while viewing it on your computer. Actually, you can use it to record a meeting directly when you join. Aiseesoft allows you to record Teams meetings without needing administrative permissions.

Part 3. FAQs on How to Download Teams Meeting Recording

Conclusion

In this guide, you can learn 4 efficient methods for downloading a Teams meeting recording. Depending on your role in the meeting and its status (private or channel-based), select the appropriate way to save your important recording. Whether you are the organizer or a standard participant, you should ensure all your Teams meeting recordings are secure. Whatever your situation, you’d better save a local copy.

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